Hi there, I'm just beginning to do some stuff using SDL. I'm trying to compile something right now and I'm getting these errors (though both are about the same thing): SDLmain.lib(SDL_main.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _SDL_main Debug/SDL_SpriteClass.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals Error executing link.exe. I've made sure it knows where SDLmain.lib and SDL.lib are, so everything's okay though, but yet I'm getting this error. (I've also set it to use "multithreaded DLL" run-time library). Any ideas? I'm really getting frustrated since everything else is fine as far as I know but I can't see the result! Thanks, the_fish [edited by - the_fish on January 17, 2004 10:53:52 AM]

You need to declare your main() method as int main(int argc, char *argv[])

What developmeent environment are you using? Some require the -lSDLmain linker flag.

And as the other poster mentiond, make sure your main function is declared with the two standard aguments.

quote:Original post by the_fish
Hi there,

I''m just beginning to do some stuff using SDL. I''m trying to compile something right now and I''m getting these errors (though both are about the same thing):

SDLmain.lib(SDL_main.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _SDL_main
Debug/SDL_SpriteClass.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

I''ve made sure it knows where SDLmain.lib and SDL.lib are, so everything''s okay though, but yet I''m getting this error. (I''ve also set it to use "multithreaded DLL" run-time library).

Any ideas? I''m really getting frustrated since everything else is fine as far as I know but I can''t see the result!

Thanks,
the_fish

[edited by - the_fish on January 17, 2004 10:53:52 AM]

If you are using VC++ 7. Did you include the dll''s has resources or did you include the paths to the include and lib files. You should try both. Also inlcude SDL.dll in the project folder.